A Month 8 running a 2016 Subaru WRX STI: final report. I love the Subaru brand: the quirkiness, the independence, the engineering that badge, based on the Pleiades star cluster. And there were times I loved our Subaru WRX long termer too. 2016 Subaru WRX STI Limited Photo by Subaru. ROAD TEST EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: Yep, that last bit is right on the money.